WTC standings: SA topple Australia from top spot; India retain third position
South Africa surged to the top of the ICC World Test Championship standings, edging past Australia following a hard-fought win over Sri Lanka in Gqeberha.
South Africa surged to the top of the ICC World Test Championship standings, edging past Australia following a hard-fought win over Sri Lanka in Gqeberha.
With World 25K Kolkata becoming the world’s first Athletic Gold Label race at this distance, the Indian elite field has swelled with 27 men and 13 women vying for the honours along the picturesque setting of the Red Road on December 15.
Level 1 breaches carry a minimum penalty of an official reprimand, a maximum penalty of 50 per cent of a player’s match fee, and one or two demerit points.
Hazlewood was forced to watch on from the sidelines as Australia clinched an impressive 10-wicket triumph in Adelaide to level the five-match series 1-1 and boost their chances of reaching next year’s ICC World Test Championship final in June, next year.
Lewis Hamilton bids an emotional farewell to Mercedes after the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, reflecting on his 12-year journey with the team and looking ahead to his move to Ferrari.
Meanwhile, Tottenham Hotspur registered their second victory since the resumption of the Premier League after the COVID-19 hiatus with a stroke of luck.
West Indies had famously beaten England 2-1 during the previous series between the two sides that was played in the Caribbean Islands. A draw in the series would be enough for them to retain the Wisden trophy.
Regarded as one of the most successful captains of the Indian cricket team, Dhoni has been on a sabbatical ever since the semi-finals of the 2019 World Cup where India lost to New Zealand.
The last ICC Board meeting in June had kept the fate of this year’s T20 World Cup hanging as they dragged the matter until the next meeting in July.
The 48-year-old Pravin Tambe has played for Rajasthan Royals, Gujarat Lions and Sunrisers Hyderabad in the Indian Premier League (IPL).
